Lord’s honours board: Full list of Pakistan players who have etched their names at the iconic Home of Cricket

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Mohammad Abbas became the latest Pakistan player on the Lord's honours board with 5 for 57.
• Khan Mohammad was the first Pakistani name added, back in 1954.
• Intikhab Alam's entry came for the Rest of the World rather than Pakistan.

Mohammad Abbas joins a long line of legends at Lord's

Reaching three figures or claiming five wickets in an innings at Lord's earns a cricketer something no scorecard can provide: a permanent place on the honours boards mounted in the Pavilion dressing rooms. Pakistan's presence there stretches back more than seven decades, to their very first Test at the ground.

Mohammad Abbas joined that list on the fourth day of the second Test, returning 5 for 57 from 22 overs as England were bowled out for 208 in their second innings. It capped a superb match for the 36-year-old, who had taken 4 for 73 in the first innings to finish with nine wickets across the game.

His reward, however, might come in a losing cause, with Pakistan set to chase 389 and already having been reduced to 19 for 3 inside nine overs. But the entry is permanent, and it takes Pakistan's total presence across the Test and limited-overs boards to 19 names.

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Pakistan players on the Lord's Test batting honours board

The batting board opened for Pakistan in 1962, when Nasim-ul-Ghani and Javed Burki both reached three figures in the same Test. Hanif Mohammad followed with an unbeaten 187 five years later.

Mohsin Khan produced the innings that changed Pakistan's fortunes at the ground, becoming the first from his country to make a double century there in 1982. His 200 from 386 balls, laced with 23 fours, set up a declaration at 428 for 8 and Pakistan's maiden victory at Lord's under Imran Khan.

Mohammad Yousuf matched the feat in 2006, walking in at 28 for 2 after England had declared on 528 for 9 and compiling 202 from 330 deliveries with 26 fours and a six. Misbah-ul-Haq's 114 in 2016 remains the most recent, made at 42 to become the oldest captain in history to score a Test hundred.

YearPlayerScoreMatch1962Nasim-ul-Ghani101England v Pakistan1962Javed Burki101England v Pakistan1967Hanif Mohammad187*England v Pakistan1982Mohsin Khan200England v Pakistan1996Inzamam-ul-Haq148England v Pakistan2006Mohammad Yousuf202England v Pakistan2016Misbah-ul-Haq114England v Pakistan

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Pakistan players on the Lord's Test bowling honours board

Khan Mohammad holds the distinction of being the first Pakistani cricketer to appear on any Lord's honours board, taking 5 for 61 in only his second Test in 1954. He dismissed Len Hutton, Bill Edrich, Peter May, Godfrey Evans and Trevor Bailey to force an England declaration at 117 for 9.

Mudassar Nazar produced the finest single-innings analysis of any Pakistan bowler at the ground with 6 for 32 in 1982, while Waqar Younis made his solitary appearance a decade later with 5 for 91 in a two-wicket win. Mushtaq Ahmed's 5 for 57 in 1996 sealed a 164-run victory.

Mohammad Amir was just 18 when he claimed 6 for 84 in 2010, removing Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior and Graeme Swann in a match later overshadowed entirely by the spot-fixing scandal.

Yasir Shah is the only Pakistan bowler listed for a ten-wicket match haul, his 10 for 141 in 2016 carrying Pakistan to a 75-run win. Ben Stokes described him afterwards as the best leg-spinner since Shane Warne. Since the 2019 refurbishment, the boards display combined match figures rather than separate innings analyses.

Abbas is the newest addition; his second-innings haul accounts for Emilio Gay, Harry Brook, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Smith and Ollie Robinson at an economy rate of 2.59.

YearPlayerFiguresMatch1954Khan Mohammad5-61England v Pakistan1970Intikhab Alam6-113England v Rest of the World1982Mudassar Nazar6-32England v Pakistan1992Waqar Younis5-91England v Pakistan1996Mushtaq Ahmed5-57England v Pakistan2010Mohammad Amir6-84England v Pakistan2016Yasir Shah10-141England v Pakistan2026Mohammad Abbas9-130England v Pakistan

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Why Intikhab Alam's entry does not match a Pakistan Test

Anyone cross-checking the boards against Pakistan's Test record at Lord's will find one year that does not line up. Pakistan played no Test at the ground in 1970, and Intikhab Alam's 6 for 113 was in fact taken for the Rest of the World.

The context is a peculiar chapter of cricket history. After the British government forced the cancellation of South Africa's scheduled 1970 tour, the Test and County Cricket Board hastily arranged a five-match series between England and a Rest of the World side captained by Garry Sobers.

England caps were awarded, and the matches were granted unofficial Test status at the time, with Guinness sponsoring the series to the tune of 20,000 pounds.

Those matches were later stripped of Test status and no longer appear in official records, but Lord's has never removed the names from its boards. Sobers is listed alongside Intikhab for his 6 for 41 in the same match, meaning both entries commemorate a game that formally no longer counts as a Test at all.

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Pakistan players on the Lord's limited-overs honours board

The limited-overs boards were introduced in 2019 and gave Pakistan four entries, including one with a family connection unique in the ground's history. Sarfraz Ahmed became the first Pakistan batter to score an ODI century at Lord's in 2016, making 105 from 130 balls after his side had slumped to 2 for 3 on a green surface.

Imam-ul-Haq followed with 100 from 100 deliveries against Bangladesh at the 2019 World Cup, joining his uncle Inzamam on the boards to form the first uncle-nephew pairing recognised at Lord's.

Shaheen Afridi's 6 for 35 in that same match made him the youngest cricketer to take an ODI five-wicket haul at the ground at 19. Hasan Ali added his name with 5 for 55, dismissing Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, John Simpson, Craig Overton and Saqib Mahmood as England were bowled out for 247.

YearPlayerPerformanceOpposition2016Sarfaraz Ahmed105England2019Imam-ul-Haq100Bangladesh2019Shaheen Afridi6-35Bangladesh2021Hasan Ali5-55England

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